We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away with - promiscuity, greed, jealousy. None of those have a place in 'Star Trek.'
Gene RoddenberrySpace, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Gene RoddenberryThe strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
Gene Roddenberry